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Encaenia honorands 2025
Degrees were awarded to Professor Erwin Neher, Clive Myrie, Professor Timothy Snyder, Professor Serhii Plokhii, Professor Colm Tóibín, Sir Mo Farah, Professor Robert S Langer and Lord Melvyn Bragg.
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Honorary degrees awarded at Encaenia 2025
Recipients represented the fields of sport, entertainment, broadcasting, science, politics, literature, journalism and academia
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Find out how Oxford experts are transforming forest management through the use of robotics

Robots in the forest
Find out how Oxford experts are transforming forest management through the use of robotics
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Come and see us! Undergraduate Open Days on 2 and 3 July

Come and see us! Undergraduate Open Days on 2 and 3 July
Meet staff and students, tour colleges and departments, and find out more about Oxford
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Duke Humfrey's Library (Image credit: Elizabeth Nyikos / Graduate Photography Competition)

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Nature Needs You!

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University response to recent events in Israel, Gaza and the Middle East
Information, advice and support for staff and students impacted
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Physics news
First look: the trailer for Rubin’s movie of the sky
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Professor Cameron Hepburn is putting the 'eco' into economics
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Oxford in The Conversation
How mice ‘listen’ with their whiskers
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The OED Blog
New words from around the world in the OED June 2025 update
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‘Nature Needs You!’
4 Jul, 6pm at the Museum of Natural History, free but booking required
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The Reuters Institute
Digital News Report 2025. Episode 1: What you need to know
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Off the shelf: June 2025
This month Oxford libraries, Ciudad Juárez, poetic resurrection, MI6 and dandyism
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Creation to Transformation talk
5 Jul, 11am at the Ashmolean and online, book tickets now
Alice's Day in the Bodleian

Alice's Day at the Weston
5 Jul from 11am, a free, family drop in event
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The OUP Blog
How to speak truth (or a reasonable facsimile) to power
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Halsey Lecture: What is a student? Perspectives from across Europe
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University response to the invasion of Ukraine
Information, advice and support for staff and students impacted
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Oxplore: the Home of Big Questions
Explore the University’s innovative website for 11-18 year olds
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'It might never happen…' Remembering forgotten earthquakes
Professor Richard Walker and Dr Neill Marshall share their work on Central Asia

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